Daily Republican., 1887-08-15
a Rio, =, the p, W. a n. station.

About - O'clock AIT Saturday night |
In excursion trair. from Chester arrived
lt the p, W q B. Railroad station |
illed With eolored people bound for the
lamp meeting nt Millipgtou, Mary
land, which ended last night with
walk aroEnd and jubilee. Some OF
the party had bsen induiRing pretty
freely In whisky, and the conseq uence
was chat when the train stopped at the
sation in this city q general nSht re-
suited. Pistols were NOS only drawn
but freely Used, ard although the po'
lice were active, they only succeede cd in
arrestlpg few Of the rioters, and the
train moved off with the rinGlsaders
on board.
During the fracas Alexander Young,
residing ON Thirteenth ,treet near Clay
mont, was shot in the arm, and Dr. ogie
extracted the ball Young had gone To
the train to meet some friends, and II Is
said that he was not in any way concern
ed In the fight. James A Bishop, one OF
those arrested, was also wounded In the
hand, but as the ball struck bone 1t
glanced OF. ~
Those arrested were Joseph Ho!llngs-
worth aud James A. Bistop OF Caes'er
with WILLARD Railses and William Penn
OF this city. They had hearing on sun
day, at the city court when the three first
named were clmmitted in default OF bail
for a further hearing this morning, and
tn > last named, who was arrested for
interfering with an officer, was fined Sl0
and costs.
Last night when the train returned,
Chief of Police Dougheriy,with SergeaDts
McVey, Cannon and Taylor, and force
of about twen.y offices were on hand
with the hope Of capturing some of the
ripgleaders, who were known to have
made their escape on Saturday night.
The train was composed OF number oil
cars and extended from the p, W. Il b.
station to Market street. The appear
ance of the officers had the effect OF at
| tracing large crowd, and IN few
minut,s there were fully $500 persons In
and around the station. AS soon as the
train stopped an officer was stationed al
the door OF each car, while Chief Dough
erty and the SER eants, accompanied by
| Detective Jones and colored man, pass
ed through them scanning the face o.
every man with the Lope OF securing the
rioters.
Their search however, was fruitless, a
none of those on bCard could be rec gni
zed as having been engaged in the distur
} bance of the previous night.
At the request of Conductor Kane,
man named James X. Bowman of Ph!la
delphia, and another named Nichols, o
Chester, were arrested on charge O
beating him out of Slo0. They were takel
TO the hall where 1t was learned that the
; were the managers of the excursion, an,
that while settling with Kane at Milling
ton, 800 disappeared very mysteriously
, After the matter had been talked over a
police station, Kane resolved not to pre-
fer any charge against them, but TO tr
and get his money in some other way an
they were released
, After the officers had finished searchin
the train 1t proceeded On its way, and tn
! crowd soon dispersed. This mornin
Henry Hollingsworth of Chester was al
, rested in this city, and with the othe
. three was arraigned az the . o'clock ser
sion OF court.
Hollingsworth denied having anythin
to do with the fight, and st the reque
I of his counsel, William s Prichett, ESQ
I his case was continued until to-morro
morning, as was also that of his broth
v Joseph Hollingsworth. Willard Raik
was committed in deiault OF $500 bail
, answer a charge of carrying a conceal,
q deadly weapon, and James A. Bishop W
discharged, the evidence not being sui
ciert to hold him.